Sunday, March 6, 2011

The reason is that after a long bike ride, a good cup of joe really hits the spot. My buddy found that after a long bike ride, icing his knee was quite refreshing. Plus, Mother Nature was handing out free ice-packs...

If you don't know where Manker Flats is, it's pretty near to the finish of this year's Tour of California Stage Seven. I bet you some of those pro's will be icing down a few body parts this Spring...

Something tells me they will have a better way to get warm than I did...

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Some folks can think of better things to do with fresh snow than ride a bike through it. I can't. Maybe it's brain damage from the old drinking days, maybe it's my obsessive nature, but snow just makes me want to ride more than ever.

Looking Forward

Sunday, I braved the traffic up Mt Baldy Rd to get here. Glendora Ridge Road. It was closed to cars due to the snow. So the pedestrians and I had a great time.

Looking Back

There was a lot of snow still on the trees. That's what I'm not used to seeing. I usually see the trees with snow under them. But it had snowed Friday night/Saturday morning and Saturday was plenty cold. So by the time I got up there on Sunday afternoon, there was still a lot of snow up high in the trees. But it was melting and falling and causing little landslides. Kind of unnerving when you are riding alone and the road is right next to loose cliffs...

At the Top

What does my bike have in common with Charlie Sheen? They are both winners. Here is my bike at the very top. With lots of snow.

And speaking of water (or snow) altering the landscape (like I was before the bad jokes) here is a graphic example. The same rains that created all that snow, dug a hole in Palmer/Evey Fireroad. Some kind soul put a tree in it, so that mountain bikers and joggers wouldn't fall in. I looked down and it keeps going beyond five feet deep. It just twists and turns so that I can't see the bottom. But I did see a white rabbit...